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Show us your workhorse snare
These days, I use this the most: [img]http://www.gratisimage.dk/thumb-5007_50A14ACA.jpg[/img] A friend gave me the bare shell of a late fifties/earl...
12 years agoI am a guitarist surrounded by drummers...Help, found Vintage Ludwig Kit
Beautiful kit - and in nice sizes! Being a guitarist and new to drums made you make a clever move - ask a place like this before staring. I, being a...
12 years ago1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit/Sapphire Flame
From calfskin...
12 years ago1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit/Sapphire Flame
Tak! Yes, I can put them up one day - I will prefer a day without rain, as pics outside gets so much better. The hihatstand really is not very good...
12 years agoPremier Crew help identify
The colour is called "Sapphire Blue", and as you say can change between blue and violet. Also found on on Resonators - like mine: [IMG]http://www.gr...
12 years agoWhy do people do this?
I wouldn´t split a kit that is reasonably complete myself. I don´t split kits, I rebuild them. On the other hand, when rebuilding old kits, I need pa...
12 years agoSling snare bearing edge recesses?
Some snares - typically with some sort of parallel strainers or outriggers (Pearl, Slingerland) - manage without, because their systems lifts the wire...
12 years agoSling snare bearing edge recesses?
Yes, they are meant to be that way - snarebeds, they are called. Without these recesses, the snare wires would stand free of the head on the middle a...
12 years ago1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit/Sapphire Flame
Yes, thin birch shells with very hefty and flat rerings - flatter than 30 degrees on the inside. The bassdrum shell has an extra layer of veneer on...
12 years agoRestoring my Premier 2001 wooden snare drum in grey shimmer
Nah, will be a gift. But I will mention it there. Regards Jon
12 years agoOrange drums?
I think - but can´t document it right now - that Jacques made drums under the Capelle banner before he made drums for Orange. All Orange drums was ma...
12 years agoOrange drums?
With the first Orange kit I had (24x14, 13x8, 14x10, 18x16), I had a 14x5" snare too. It had a quite heavy steel shell with a beautifully made simple...
12 years ago1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit/Sapphire Flame
Yes british, but made by John Grey, not Ajax. Some history here: http://hindleandheely.co.uk/catalog/category/view/s/u-k-history/id/15/ Catalogue h...
12 years agoOrange drums?
I have an Orange drum kit - as said, made by Capelle. Thick layers of african mahogany (NOT lauan!), very nice hardware with a touch of french racing...
12 years ago1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit/Sapphire Flame
[img]http://www.gratisimage.dk/thumb-69D3_5097F68F.jpg[/img] 1972 Rose Morris 120 Big Band Outfit 13x9, 16x16 og 20x14” in Sapphire Flame - complete...
12 years ago